Your opinion on group projects?

Terrible ****ing idea if serious grading is involved. Group projects at uni especially are the worst. In my last module I worked with 3 other people and pretty much me and the only guy in our group did all the work and we got a 1st for it- including the people who did **** all.

Don't you just hate them? I do.

I do Computer Science and we have a module where we have to develop a program from a given spec. The problem is the groups are random and some people do absolutely nothing or have no idea how to program (which is essentially the main point of the course, to learn how to program).

This module is probably going to be the most important/relevant to employers but it gets negatively impacted by the group you're assigned to.

What is your opinion on group projects?

Yeah they're pretty awful

I am a gold mine in group projects. When people hear that I got in a group with them, they just smile... because they know I will fekin' do all that it takes to get a first, including the whole damn project.

You don't mind doing all the work? Like... don't you have other stuff going on? The projects I get its almost impossible to complete on your own with all the other stuff we have going on in our other modules. What degree are you doing ?

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History and International Relations.
Essentially, for one project last year, I researched all areas (min 5 sources per each project member), added them in a video, edited the whole thing nicely in final cut pro.

Did I mind doing all the work? Yes.
Did it take a lot of time? 2 days no sleep
Did I have plenty of other stuff going on? Yes
Did I get a first? Yes
Was it worth it? Had no other choice

The project we finished a few weeks ago was horrendously long and we only had 3 months to complete it. The lecturer split project itself into 4 parts. 3 parts were group work and 1 part individual.

-we had to go visit an old machine that's not functional and take it apart and take all the measurements in like 1.5 hrs (not possible to do on your own)

-we had to do a video (worth 30% of the project) that included a lit review, background, problem statement (the full works). Then she had us do metrics and the instructions were so unclear. We had to basically make up reasons why anyone would want to use the machine. We had to redesign a part of it virtually which is another day of work by itself. Had to make a screencast explaining in detail how the original machine functioned (you had to figure out how it did in the first place), then we had to come up with 2 other redesigns along with the first one ( so 2 extra whole days of work)

And that just the FIRST part the 2nd part was much longer but I bet you're already tired of reading all this lol.

We had 5 modules alongside this heavy project with constant labs and incourse tests. I was not possible to do it all up one your own lest you miss exams and labs in other modules.

I'm sorry for your case. In my case we had a historiographical debate. Had to gather claims around one topic from different areas. Each of us had to specialise in one author with his/her supporting group.

I thought my project members were all ok, until one Friday, coming from the library at midnight, I saw two of them smashed, just having come out of the uni club. That morning afterwards we were meant to discuss what we had found. Of course they all told me they were sick and haven't even started the project, later that day. As I was expecting that, I didn't go to sleep when I came in my room: I just looked at their parts and worked for each overnight. I had my other assessments to prepare/proofread etc. during that time, and an in class test.
I remember it like it was yesterday. When I got in I just walked around my room for a bit, contemplated whether them f**kin us all over would leave its mark on my average, figured out that was the case, so I sat at my desk for two days and did not move my arse unless I needed to go to the toilet.